This source provides data on the operation of PRONAF collected through the Rural Credit Data Matrix made available on the official portal of the Central Bank of Brazil (BC), the institution responsible for regulating credit policies in the country. Visualizations were built from the analysis of the data obtained, in which it is possible to observe the scenario of PRONAF operation in relation to the main segments that receive funds and the respective contracted amounts.
What is PRONAF?
PRONAF aims to finance projects that generate income for family farmers and agrarian reform settlers, providing access to credit at interest rates lower than market rates, being the program with the largest volume of financial resources allocated by the Federal Government to Family Farming producers.
Information about the origin of the data
The Central Bank of Brazil (BC) is the main agent executing the guidelines of the National Monetary Council (CMN) and its objectives are to safeguard the liquidity of the economy, keep international reserves at an adequate level, stimulate the formation of savings and safeguard stability, promoting the permanent improvement of the financial system. Among its duties are the exercise of credit control and the supervision of financial institutions.
Through the official BC portal, a query and data visualization service is provided for data on the operation of public policies aimed at rural areas, PRONAF being one of the programs whose data can be accessed.
| Source name: | Rural Credit Data Matrix |
| Maintaining institution: | Central Bank of Brazil (BC) |
| Address to access the source: | <https://www.bcb.gov.br/estabilidadefinanceira/micrrural> |
Queries used for the development of the visualizations presented here:
4.View by Product
4.1.Quantity and Value of Operating Credit Contracts by Product, Region and UF; and
Information about the data
The data accessible through the Rural Credit Data Matrix can be viewed through queries that allow filters to be parameterized (monthly and annual range, activity, modality, funding source, program and subprogram), displaying the results on the page itself. It is possible to download the files containing the databases in “Comma Swift Style (CSV)”, “Portable Document Format (PDF)” and Microsoft Excel file (XLSX) formats.
In the data tables contained in the files, each row represents a specific record related to the segment in which the rural credit contract was applied (crop or equipment) and each column represents its respective attributes.
| NOMEPRODUTO1: | refers to the type of crop or equipment for which the credit contract was signed with the producer; |
| NOMEREGIAO: | refers to the regions of Brazil (South, Southeast, North, Center-West, Northeast); |
| NOMEESTADO: | refers to the Federative Unit, that is, the states that make up each of the regions; |
| Textbox131: | refers to the number of contracts formalized in each of the states or regions, in relation to the segment in which the credit was applied; |
| Textbox132: | refers to the total sum of the value of the contracts signed in each of the states or regions, in relation to the segment in which the credit was applied; |
| Textbox31: | refers to the total number of contracts signed in each region of the country, in relation to the segment in which the credit was applied; |
| Textbox32: | refers to the total value summed by the contracts signed in each region of the country, in relation to the segment in which the credit was applied; |
| Textbox41: | refers to the total value of the contracts signed by type of segment in which the credit was applied; |
| Textbox11: | refers to the total number of contracts signed in all regions and states; |
| Texbox13: | refers to the total value of all contracts signed in all regions and states; |
| Textbox40: | refers to the total number of contracts signed by type of segment in which the credit was applied; |
Data visualization
To demonstrate possible visualizations generated from the analysis of the data made available in the Central Bank's Rural Credit Data Matrix, the Chart below was created, which represents the Total Value (in Reais) of financing obtained with PRONAF credit for the operating costs of Agricultural activity in the state of São Paulo, from January to December 2018, highlighting the twenty (20) main crops that received the funds.
Author: Fábio Mosso Moreira
The accuracy of the information on this page, as well as of the images and photographs, is the sole responsibility of the cited sources and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) outreach project, its collaborators or the institutions linked to the project.